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  • Slugfester
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    #1

    Top Ten Underappreciated

    Not only underappreciated but also do not generate much chatter among fans or on forums.
    You might have a different idea.

    1 Henry Armstrong
    2 Mickey Walker
    3 Sonny Liston
    4 Gene Fullmer
    5 Benny Leonard
    6 Charley Burley?
    7 Tiger Flowers
    8 **** Tiger
    9 Mike Gibbons
    10 Hector Camacho





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    • Willie Pep 229
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      #3
      As far as the 'chatter on board' I would suggest that Burley doesn't belong on the list. He gets spoken of often by fight fans.

      The other nine I agree with. Not enough discussion about them.

      For the tenth I would add Holman Williams instead.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Willie Pep 229
        As far as the 'chatter on board' I would suggest that Burley doesn't belong on the list. He gets spoken of often by fight fans.

        The other nine I agree with. Not enough discussion about them.

        For the tenth I would add Holman Williams instead.
        Yes, you are right. That is why I put a question mark after Burley.

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        • Hustle
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          #5
          Winky Wright should be on the list

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            #6
            Harold Johnson
            Carlos Ortiz
            Ezzard Charles
            Emile Griffith
            Alexis Arguello

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              #7
              Originally posted by Hustle
              Winky Wright should be on the list
              That may be. If you are boring, it is harder to make even such a list, I suppose, because people simply do not want to discuss or defend you. Wright was definitely a hard man to beat. Could have beaten a lot of good ones.

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                #8
                Originally posted by IronDanHamza
                Harold Johnson
                Carlos Ortiz
                Ezzard Charles
                Emile Griffith
                Alexis Arguello
                I don't agree with Charles at all. That man gets plenty of "press," with half the people on modern forums parroting that he is underrated. And he is always #1 or #2 in AT light heavyweight rankings. A man to whom that has happened has already arrived, is no longer underrated or under acknowledged.

                I will go for the other 4. I almost put Johnson myself. He would have been a better choice than Burley.

                Ortiz gets absolutely no attention, does he?

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                • IronDanHamza
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Slugfester

                  I don't agree with Charles at all. That man gets plenty of "press," with half the people on modern forums parroting that he is underrated. And he is always #1 or #2 in AT light heavyweight rankings. A man to whom that has happened has already arrived, is no longer underrated or under acknowledged.

                  I will go for the other 4. I almost put Johnson myself. He would have been a better choice than Burley.

                  Ortiz gets absolutely no attention, does he?
                  I just think that in the grand scheme of things, Charles rarely get's mentioned as one of the top ATG's. When in my mind, you could argue he's #1. But I do agree he get's his fair share of praise on Forums.

                  In regards to Ortiz, no he doesn't. For me, he's minimum top 3 Lightweight of all time. I have him at #1.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by IronDanHamza

                    I just think that in the grand scheme of things, Charles rarely get's mentioned as one of the top ATG's. When in my mind, you could argue he's #1. But I do agree he get's his fair share of praise on Forums.

                    In regards to Ortiz, no he doesn't. For me, he's minimum top 3 Lightweight of all time. I have him at #1.
                    I will take a more thorough look at Ortiz. No time like the present.

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